FOOTNOTES: 

[45] “The Duke was then making a progress in the North of England, to which additional importance was given by the uncertain state of political arrangements; the chance of Lord Goderich’s being able to maintain himself as Canning’s successor seeming very precarious, and the opinion that his Grace must soon be called to a higher station than that of Commander of the Forces, which he had accepted under the new Premier, gaining ground every day.  Sir Walter, who felt for the great Captain the pure and exalted devotion that might have been expected from some honoured soldier of his banners, accepted this invitation, and witnessed a scene of enthusiasm with which its principal object could hardly have been more gratified than he was.”—­Life, vol. ix. pp. 156-7.

[46] See Correspondence of Princess Lieven and Earl Grey for Lord Grey’s opinion, vol. i. p. 60.

[47] Dr. William Van Mildert had been appointed to the See of Durham in 1826 on the death of Dr. Shute Barrington.  He died in 1836.

[48] Admiral Sir John Beresford had some few years before this commanded on the Leith Station—­when Sir Walter and he saw a great deal of each other—­“and merry men were they.”—­J.G.L.

[49] An eye-witness writes:—­“The manner in which Bishop Van Mildert proceeded on this occasion will never be forgotten by those who know how to appreciate scholarship without pedantry, and dignity without ostentation.  Sir Walter had been observed throughout the day with extraordinary interest—­I should say enthusiasm.  The Bishop gave his health with peculiar felicity, remarking that he could reflect upon the labours of a long literary life, with the consciousness that everything he had written tended to the practice of virtue, and to the improvement of the human race.”—­Hon. Henry Liddell. Life, vol. ix. p. 160.

[50] Histoire de la guerre de la Peninsule sous Napoleon, etc.  Publiee par Madame la Comtesse Foy.  Paris, 4 vols. 8vo, 1827.  See Croker, vol. i. p. 352.

[51] This story is told also in Lord Stanhope’s Conversations with the Duke of Wellington. 8vo, London, 1888, p. 54.

[52] The present generation are apt to forget the enormous sums spent in Parliamentary elections; e.g., Mme. de Lieven tells Earl Grey (Cor. ii. p. 215) that Lord Ravensworth’s neighbour, the Duke of Northumberland, will subscribe L100,000 towards the election of 1831.

[53] Hugh, third Duke of Northumberland.

[54] Dr. Bethell, who had been tutor to the Duke of Northumberland, held at this time the See of Gloucester.—­J.G.L.

[55] Launcelot Brown, 1715-1782.

[56] A quarto volume, containing 39 etchings (privately printed in 1823), still preserved at Abbotsford.

[57] Mr. Archdeacon Singleton.—­J.G.L.

[58] Stanhope’s Notes, p. 24; and Croker, vol. ii. p. 233.